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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sep 14, 2016 | Bonhams | New York | Fine Japanese and Korean Works of Art | 252 | $****** - ****** | A Bizen wakizashi and a shinshinto tanto |
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52.4 cm (20.63 in)
blade
Wakizashi: moroha-zukuri with slight saki-zori and forged in a running itame hada with a gunome midare tempered edge in nie with saka-ashi and mune-yaki, the komaru boshi with a very long return, the tang o-suriage with katte-sagari file marks and one hole, one-piece silver habaki; in shirasaya with sayagaki attributing this sword to Bizen Morikage
Tanto: modified unokubi construction with a triangular cross section in the top half of the blade and a mitsumune in the bottom half, forged in a tight ko-itame pattern with a midare tempered edge in nie turning to a notare pattern near the tip on the omote side and with tobi-yaki, the komaru boshi with a very long return, the omote side carved with a flaming jewel and the ura side carved with bonji, the ubu nakago with one hole and sujikai and kessho file marks; in shirasaya with integrated wood habaki
With Hozon Token (Sword Worthy of Preservation)) certificate no. 307237 attributing this sword to the Shinshinto Jumyo group issued by the Nihon Bijutsu Token Hozon Kyokai (Society for the preservation of the Japanese art sword), dated January 21, 1986.
